How To Manage Your Busy Day With 5 Easy Tools

As your business flourishes and your client list grows, to-do lists, reminders, and projects begin to multiply, don't let the workload drain and disorganize you. Use these tools to effortlessly keep track of your projects, organize your day, and stay on top of your responsibilities.

As an executive, your day-to-day schedule is packed with meetings, tasks, to do's, and more. While Google Calendar saves us from becoming unorganized or unprepared for most of our scheduling woes, there are a number of easy tools to help you keep track of all your action items for the day. Here are five time management tools that can assist the busy executive:

Calendly is a platform built to ease the stress of scheduling. Whether you are scheduling meetings, phone calls, lunches, or video chats, Calendly syncs to your selected calendars and provides a link you can send to your contacts (or include in your signature) with days and times you are available. Calendly displays your availability, sends a calendar invite to the other person, and once they've selected a time, Calendly automatically schedules it to your synced calendars when confirmed.

MyLifeOrgamized is a great tool for busy executives with overwhelming reminders and to-do lists. This system helps you target what you should be prioritizing to reach your specific goals. This software automatically generates your to-do lists with action items so you can effortlessly track your progress. This tool is supported on Windows, Apple, and Android.

1Password is a password manager, digital vault, form filler and secure digital wallet. 1Password remembers all of your passwords for you to help keep account information safe. Instead of scrambling when you forget a password or resetting it each time you forget, use 1Password to make your life a little easier.

Toggl is an easy to use time tracking software that integrates with other project management systems to provide seamless usability. This tool has unlimited projects and sub-projects for accurate time tracking, reports including team progress, and it provides online and offline time tracking. This software is a godsend for busy teams with heavy to-do lists.

Active Collab lets you control your work in one user-friendly platform. Active Collab is a combination of time management, billing, and project management which also provides real-time cross-departmental or cross-company communication. Active Collab provides tools to help team members track project progress, add notes, and assign tasks all within one platform.

As your business flourishes and your client list grows, to-do lists, reminders, and projects begin to multiply, don't let the workload drain and disorganize you. Use these tools to effortlessly keep track of your projects, organize your day, and stay on top of your responsibilities.

Published on: Aug 22, 2019

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